Kennet Dancyger (born 1945 in Germany) is a scriptwriting theoretician, film historian and expert on film editing and film production. He is professor of film and TV at Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television, & New Media, Undergraduate. He has been the president of University Film and Video Association. He has taught film in the U.S. and Canada since 1968. His 2002 book contains a detailed comparison of screwball comedy and film noir.(p. 68) He has collaborated as historical consultant for the 2004 documentary The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, about the art of film editing. Books 1991, with Jeff Rush, Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules. Editions: 2nd 1995 (new subtitle: Successfully Breaking the Rules), 3rd 2002, 4th 2006. Boston and Oxford: Focal Press 1991, Broadcast Writing: Drama, Comedies, and Documentaries 1993, The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice. Editions: 2nd 1997, 3rd 2002, 4th 2006. Focal Press. 1994, with Patricia Cooper, Writing the Short Film, Second Edition 1999, World of Film and Video Production: Aesthetics and Practice 2001, Global scriptwriting (reprinted in 2013) 2006, The Director's Idea: The Path to Great Directing 2013, Alternative Scriptwriting: Beyond the Hollywood Formula 2018, The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice 2019, Storytelling for Film and Television: From First Word to Last Frame See also Nonlinear narrative References External links Page at New York University Interview German film historians Living people Screenwriting instructors American film historians 1945 births